complete , goodWhite/1971--1972, 34, argues that the stone is largely unweathered, and that it was was not damaged in excavation. However, White notes that stone's back `had been repeatedly plough struck'.

Ercagni (Language: Goidelic; Gender: male)
White/1971-72, 46--51, cites personal communications from K. Jackson and M. Richards, arguing that Ercagni is from Latin *Ercagnus or British *Ercagnos giving Erchan in Welsh. White, 51, quotes Jackson as stating `the name of the dead man, Ercagnos, is certainly an Irish one, though this naturally does not mean that this particular man was Irish'. He also cites Richards as arguing `that it is not possible to say with any certainity that the name is either British or Irish as *Erc- and -agn- occur in both languages.'